Striving Morels
From Charlie’s essay But even so, we are very far from the quiet life of fungi, who spend their lives doing only what they were designed to do: sending out threads…
Infinite Possibilities
In My Father’s house there are many mansions – John 14:2 In the long course of cell life on this earth it remained, for our age for our generation, to…
Pens and Mushrooms
My comment was always, “I never bought a pen in my life,” whenever Charlie would show me his latest writing utensil acquisition. Sponsor booths at conferences related to my work always…
Picking Honey Mushrooms with Charlie
I’m one of a few people who have the honor of addressing Rev. Charles Layton as Charlie. Lots of people call him Chuck or Pastor Chuck, but close family members…
Paul and Turkey Tails
Trametes versicolor and Schizophyllum on cross Count it all joy my brothers and sisters when you meet trials of various kinds – James 1:2 Paul asked me to keep an…